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J. T. FAIRHURSTL- CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. ISIS.

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CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 30, 1918.

Application filed September 28, 1916. Serial No. 122,761.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN Trros. FAiR- HURST, a subject of the King of England, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets,'of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in folding or collapsible doors, windows, or partitions more particularly adapted for use in combination with cabinets, closets, or other suit-able chambers, such as bookcases.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a .view in front elevation partly broken away showing a suitable form of closet with one set of folding doors folded out on one side and opened in on the other, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section of one set showing the folding door or partition on one side in a position to enter or leave the recess within which it is stored when not in use.

1 indicates the frame of a suitable closet or case opened in the front at one side as indicated at 2. 31 indicate a pair of doors or sections suitably hinged together as indicated at 5, and 6-7 indicate another pair of such doors folded into the closet or case at the left side looking at Figs. 1 and 2. 8-9 are suitable handles for operating the doors or sections.

preferably hollow; the pin 13 upon the rod- 10 serving as a guide or stop. The other end of the rod 11 is also pivotally secured at 14 which may be a shaft extending entirely down the back of the closet, if necessary, to provide similar pivotal support for a similar set of rods at the bottom of the of the closet as indicated at 17 to guide the inner side of the door 3, as shown.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the outer end of the door 4 looking at Fig.

1 will always be maintained in vertical alinement or perpendicular, and that the doors may run across the front of the closet as illustrated in Fig. l, or may be collapsed and pushed into the end of the closet as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, a suitable partition 18 serving as the inner side Wall of the closet to separate the doors from the con tents of the closet.

\Vhen the doors are extended or opened out to close the front of the closet as shown in Fig. 1, they may, of course, be provided with suitable rollers, or engaging means at the top, such as 19, and similar rollers or engaging means, such as 20 may be provided at the bottom so that when the handle 9 is pulled outwardly the doors will buckle out as shown in Fig. 3, the members 19-20, slid-. ing along the groove 17 after which they may be pushed into the side chamberformed by the inner wall 18, along the guides 1516, which are engaged by the members 1920 respectively, thus occupying the position shown at the left in Fig. 2, and of course, it

will be understood that the mechanism on V i the other side of the closet or case is the same. The rods-1011 being slidably connected insure the vertical alinement of the doors thus preventing the wedging or kinking of the same.

Of course, it will be understood that Va rious modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of invention as claimed. r

I claim:

In combination with a chamber of the class described, a closure comprising foldable sections, a' guide at the top and bottom along the front of said chamber and guides In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my at the side of said chamber, a rod pivotaliy signature in the presence of two Witnesses. secured to said chamber at one end and pivotaily secured to said sections at the other JOHN THOS' FAIRHURST' end said last mentioned pivot being adapted Witnesses:

to slide Within said guides at the side of DAVID H. DOUGLASS, said chamber. THOMAS A. HILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patent!- Washington, D. 0. 

